MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7976
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 17:59
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 700 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 149 Parallax 127 117% 140 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 104 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 477GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,517 Write 557 Mixed 743 205% 939 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27.9 135% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 415 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 102 151% 286 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 142%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,027 Write 1,277 Mixed 1,274 337% 1,526 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61.8 229% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 159 189% 331 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 259%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 46GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16931 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1517 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 70 (AE) Unknown 100 100 215 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9156935222389 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 42373 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 493 Write 264 Mixed 343 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 4.54 95% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 5.84 35% 80 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 74%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 23GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1519 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 32 (AE) Unknown 100 100 832 (B5) Unknown 100 100 691495698502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	69.8% Good	Read 464 Write 256 Mixed 343 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.7 98% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 5.74 58% 134 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 311GB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90237096 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7787591 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1522 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 63 63 37 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 454361114 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26120 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 8589934618 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 189 Mixed 170 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.16 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 145GB free Firmware: V44OA9BA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 1703952 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 21493317920 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5074 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 185 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 27869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2212 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5663 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 253403136030 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 220 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 70	30.8% Below average	Read 53.2 Write 53.4 Mixed 51.8 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 110%

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M7 (MS-7976) - $180

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,668x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	363x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	358x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	184x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	124x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	82x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $912

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16